Anti-AKR1C4 / Chlordecone Reductase Antibody (N-Terminus) IHC-plus; AKR1C4; 3-alpha-HSD; 3-alpha-HSD1; Chlordecone reductase; CDR; CHDR; DD-4; Dihydrodiol dehydrogenase 4; C11; DD4; HAKRA; Human AKR1C4; Chlordecone Reductase

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Polyclonal

Goat

Human AKR1C4. This antibody may cross-react with AKR1C1

Immunoaffinity Purified

Tris-buffered saline, pH 7.3, 0.5% BSA, 0.02% sodium azide

1 mg/ml (lot specific)

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Immunohistochemistry (IHC - Paraffin), Western Blot (WB), ELISA (EIA)

ELISA (1:4000), IHC-P (2.5 ug/ml), WB (0.1 - 0.3 ug/ml)
Usage: Immunohistochemistry: was validated for use in immunohistochemistry on a panel of 21 formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) human tissues after heat induced antigen retrieval in pH 6.0 citrate buffer. After incubation with the primary anti...

Anti-AKR1C4 antibody IHC of human liver. Immunohistochemistry of formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue after heat-induced antigen retrieval. Antibody concentration 5 ug/ml.

Antibody (0.1 ug/ml) staining of human liver lysate (35 ug protein in RIPA buffer). Primary incubation was 1 hour. Detected by chemiluminescence.

37,067 Da

aldo-keto reductase family 1, member C4

aldo-keto reductase family 1 member C4; 3-alpha-HSD1; dihydrodiol dehydrogenase isozyme DD4; type I 3-alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase; chlordecone reductase; 3-alpha hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase, type I; dihydrodiol dehydrogenase 4

Aldo-keto reductase family 1 member C4

CHDR; CDR; DD-4; DD4??[Similar Products]

AK1C4_HUMAN

This gene encodes a member of the aldo/keto reductase superfamily, which consists of more than 40 known enzymes and proteins. These enzymes catalyze the conversion of aldehydes and ketones to their corresponding alcohols by utilizing NADH and/or NADPH as cofactors. The enzymes display overlapping but distinct substrate specificity. This enzyme catalyzes the bioreduction of chlordecone, a toxic organochlorine pesticide, to chlordecone alcohol in liver. This gene shares high sequence identity with three other gene members and is clustered with those three genes at chromosome 10p15-p14. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

AKR1C4: Catalyzes the transformation of the potent androgen dihydrotestosterone (DHT) into the less active form, 5-alpha- androstan-3-alpha,17-beta-diol (3-alpha-diol). Also has some 20- alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase activity. The biotransformation of the pesticide chlordecone (kepone) to its corresponding alcohol leads to increased biliary excretion of the pesticide and concomitant reduction of its neurotoxicity since bile is the major excretory route. Defects in AKR1C4 are a cause of 46,XY sex reversal type 8 (SRXY8). A disorder of sex development. Affected individuals have a 46,XY karyotype but present as phenotypically normal females. AKR1C4 mutations may act as modifier of disease severity in SRXY8 patients. A splicing mutation resulting in loss of exon 2 has been found in affected individuals also carrying mutation Val-79 in AKR1C2 (PubMed:21802064). Belongs to the aldo/keto reductase family.

Protein type: EC 1.1.1.357; Lipid Metabolism - C21-steroid hormone; Lipid Metabolism - primary bile acid biosynthesis; Lipid Metabolism - androgen and estrogen; EC 1.1.1.225; Xenobiotic Metabolism - metabolism by cytochrome P450; Oxidoreductase

Chromosomal Location of Human Ortholog: 10p15.1

Cellular Component: cytoplasm; cytosol

Molecular Function: oxidoreductase activity, acting on NADH or NADPH, quinone or similar compound as acceptor; electron carrier activity; aldo-keto reductase activity; chlordecone reductase activity; retinal dehydrogenase activity; 3(or 17)-alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase activity; bile acid transmembrane transporter activity

Biological Process: steroid metabolic process; bile acid and bile salt transport; phototransduction, visible light; bile acid biosynthetic process; bile acid metabolic process; androgen metabolic process; retinoid metabolic process

Disease: 46,xy Sex Reversal 8

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